Ismail Metin Temel

Ismail Metin Temel (1958-) was a General of the Turkish Army during the Syrian Civil War.

Biography
Ismail Metin Temel was born in Bayburt, Turkey in 1958, and he entered the Turkish Army in 1981. In 2016, he was promoted from commander of the Van Gendarmerie Public Security Corps to commander of the Turkish Second Army, and he was promoted to the rank of General that same year. In 2016-2017, he commanded the Second Army during Operation Euphrates Shield, leading the offensive against the Islamic State in northern Syria. In January 2018, he commanded Operation Olive Branch, an offensive against the Syrian Democratic Forces in the same region.